Silas Halsey

Silas Halsey (6 October 1743-19 November 1832) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NY 17) from 1805 to 1807, succeeding Oliver Phelps and preceding John Harris.

Biography
Silas Halsey was born in Southampton, New York in 1743, and he practiced medicine from 1764 to 1776, as undersheriff of Suffolk County from 1784 to 1787, and as Sheriff from 1787 to 1792. Halsey later moved to Lodi, New York and erected and operated a grist mill. He served as town supervisor of Ovid from 1794 to 1804 and in the US House of Representatives from 1805 to 1807, and he later served in local politics before dying in 1832.